My fav Q and A from todays chat w/ JKR

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No: HPFGUIDX 92069

> "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> wrote:
> miggs: Is there going to be a new minister of magic in the next books?
> JK Rowling replies -> Yes. Ha! Finally, a concrete bit of 
> information, I hear you cry!
> 
> hope this means Arthur is getting his due.  Also, hope it indicates 
> that Fudge is in fact a DE as I have theorized!
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> ARYA NOW:  Don't you think someone like Amelia Bones is much more 
> likely to make the jump to MoM?  I mean Arthur is only the head of 
> very small (two-man) department...


Antosha: 
Perhaps. But Arthur is one of Dumbledore's strongest allies in the MoM, and with DD back 
in a position to wield power--political, not just magical--he might be able to make this 
happen. There is (as has been pointed out) that lovely unintentional prophesy by Ronald 
Bilius (hee!) Weasley about Griffyndor's Quidditch team being as likely to win the cup as his 
dad has of becoming Minister of Magic (that's in OotP, but I can't remember which 
chapter...).  Bet it doesn't happen in book six though!

I wonder, could Ron turn out, after all of the silliness in Trelawney's class, to be a true 
Seer????

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> "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> wrote:
> Jami: Is Harry related to Godric Gryffindor?
> JK Rowling replies -> People are always wondering who Harry might be 
> related to. Maybe he is ;)
>  
> My theory here is that Harry and LV are related. Also Harry is 
> related to Slyterin and Grffindor. Griffindor via james, and (nice 
> little twist) Slytherin via Lily.  Green eyes, Slytherin house colors 
> green and silver. Also may be the reason why Lv did not want to kill 
> Lily as they are related and she is related to Slytherin!! In COS, 
> Harry flet that Tom Riddle was vaguely familiar......
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> ARY NOW:  
> Ah, this is also a FAVORITE question as I ASKED IT!!  : )  I haven't 
> stopped grinning since!!  YAY!  Okay, settling down now...I think it 
> means he does trace his blood back to Godric and that, as many have 
> said, Voldemort traces his roots of the 'Dark Lord' back to SLytherin 
> as well as his blood, that Harry's connection to Godric is linked to 
> part of his Power as The One.  It's all about Gryffindor versus 
> Slytherin to me...

Antosha:
I disagree. Not only does that become a really simplistic morality play, when the tendency 
of the books has been in precisely the opposite direction, but it contradicts the spirit of 
the Sorting Hat's song in OotP. If this whole thing has just been about G=good and S=evil, 
then :-p I'll reread the series the way I do the Narnia books, and just ignore the last 
volume! There have been too many clues about Harry's own links to Slytherin to make the 
resolution of the Harry/LV conflict that simple....